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Participants in the 11th annual workshop, held in Hong Kong, presented a range of new tools for designing urban environments. 
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L’évènement a permis à l’école française de confirmer sa solidité. Elle a failli rééditer l’exploit de l’édition précédente (Madrid en 2012), où elle avait décroché la palme, car lors de ce Solar Décathlon 2014, le projet « Philéas » de l’équipe nantaise Atlantic Challenge a longtemps tenu la corde. Vendredi, il arrivait premier au nombre des points acquis durant deux semaines de prix thématiques et d’évaluation par les jurys. L’équipe Atlantic Challenge a tout de même remporté le prix «efficacité énergétique», qui évalue la consommation énergétique des habitats et les solutions proposées pour la réduire. Via NOVABUILD
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Pour Maurice Manceau, Directeur Saint-Gobain, Habitat France : « Ces récompenses soulignent la qualité du travail de toute une équipe d’étudiants. Elles marquent également l’engagement de
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Pour lutter contre le changement climatique tout en faisant face au vieillissement accéléré inéluctable de sa population, notre continent européen est confronté à un double défi : d’une part, concevoir et réaliser des bâtiments et logements qui consomment trois fois moins d’énergie qu’aujourd’hui ...
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The Morgenstadt City Challenge is a global competition for cities that want to be better prepared for the urban challenges of the future. Three winning cities will get to enjoy support of a special kind from the innovation network »Morgenstadt / City of the Future«, which is made up of institutes from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, municipalities and private industry.
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The Federal Republic of Germany is pursuing ten future projects for innovative, sustainable development as part of its high-tech strategy 2020. Aims include developing the CO2neutral, energy-efficient and climate-appropriate city of the future.
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A new tool monitors river levels and publishes the data via social media, helping prepare both citizens and businesses for the impacts of climate changeRiverside homeowners across England and Wales can rest easy in their beds tonight.
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"C’est l’équipe italienne «Rhome» qui monte sur la plus haute marche du Solar Decathlon. Le projet français «Phileas» et le hollandais «A home with a skin» complètent le podium d’une édition versaillaise de haute tenue."
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Le concept d’une « ville fertile » est au coeur du projet de l’équipe nantaise Atlantic Challenge, qui relève un défi incorporer dans le cadre urbain une activité agricole, aux côtés du travail du travail, des relations socioculturelles et des activités déjà existantes"
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La capitale va lancer un ambitieux "appel à projets innovants" international d’architecture et d’urbanisme. Au programme, deux immeubles ponts enjambant le fleuve.
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Project CASA Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 : Design and build a prototype of energetically efficient house, as a solution of urban issues of Metropolitan Area of Mexico Basin.
Saint-Gobain's insight:
"CASA" project is one of the 6 teams' projects sponsored by Saint-Gobain competing for Solar Decathlon 2014. The Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which students design comfortable and energy-autonomous homes. Watch the 6 projects in video here: http://bit.ly/1kFnNAu
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Techstyle Haus: a Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 competition entry made with textiles.
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"Techstyle Haus" project is one of the 6 teams' projects sponsored by Saint-Gobain competing for Solar Decathlon 2014. The Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which students design comfortable and energy-autonomous homes. Watch the 6 projects in video here: http://bit.ly/1kFnNAu
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Among the Internet of Things' most important functions will be to help individuals, communities and cities become smarter energy consumers.
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"Devices will talk to each other in subtle ways," said Chris Boross, the head of technical marketing at Nest, a Google-owned company that makes hyper-connected thermostats and smoke alarms. "If a thermostat thinks no one is home, it might be nice to turn out the lights. If a lock opens, maybe the lights will come on."
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Less waste, cleaner air, and a good transportation system - these are all things that would make the city of tomorrow more livable and more sustainable. Researchers at a number of Fraunhofer institutes have joined in the "City of Future" project to find ways to make them a reality.
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"Technology is used to make our cities smarter but citizens also need to change"
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Two New York boroughs boast award-winning green visitor centers at their botanical gardens.
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Unique Leaf Design Ceiling with Acoustical Properties from Decoustics Floats Above Brooklyn Botanical Gardens www.decoustics.com/project-gallery/Brooklyn-Botanical-Gardens
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Students from the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University worked on this entry in the Solar Decathlon Europe.
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Did You Know - The walls of Techstyle Haus are made of weatherproof fiberglass and Saint-Gobain's Teflon Sheerfill fabric that has been stretched over steel ribbing and can withstand winds up to 130 miles per hour. Read more in this The New York Times article. #SGforTechstyle
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Solar Decathlon is an international competition that invites students to design and comfortable, energy-autonomous homes. Saint-Gobain sponsors seven teams of them. http://www.solardecathlon2014.fr/en/
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Get ready to pick your favorite house from Solar Decathlon Europe projects and encourage sponsored projects by Saint-Gobain:
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io9
The future is always weirder than what you imagine. What you're seeing is an off-the-grid house made entirely from specially-treated fabric that can withstand 100-mile-an-hour tornado winds, store energy, recycle water, and maintain comfortable temperatures year-round.
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The house of the future - 2 years of sustainable designing, 80.000 hours of volunteer work, the dwelling which will always give you the desired comfort. Eastern Europe representative at Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 presents you EFdeN, where N is nature!
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"What would you say if you lived in a modern, energy efficient house and, at the same time, were in a continuous contact with nature? Sounds good, doesn’t it? Maybe even unreal… Well, this dream can come true right here in Bucharest! Imagine how after a billowy day in the capital city, where all you can see is grey concrete buildings, where the horns lay hands on your eardrums, where you spend hours and hours in order to go from one place to another, you finally arrive home…in this house! An oasis of nature twined with the desired cosy architectural design, all of these in a dwelling that behaves according to your needs and desires."
Saint-Gobain's insight:
"EFdeN" project is one of the 6 teams' projects sponsored by Saint-Gobain competing for Solar Decathlon 2014. The Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which students design comfortable and energy-autonomous homes. Watch the 6 projects in video here: http://bit.ly/1kFnNAu
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